The Righteous (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Those in the room that night the priests, the leaders, the elders those charged to know and teach the law ...
Poems about condemned (31 Poems)
Remaining Silent (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Christ before them the living God standing in their presence on a path, silent submitting to their power Remaining silent ...
Seeing God (2) (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
God, the prisoner standing in the dock accused, before the righteous quietly hearing their abuse The lies, false accusations in ...
Seeing what they would not see (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We have the opportunity the choice to make in our own time seeing what they would not see the Messiah, ...
Condemning God (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Denying his divinity the truth of his nature the righteous of the people condemning God to death Standing in judgment ...
That the Stones Would Testify (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The whole creation the stones heard the words of the people of the leaders in the temple Joshua set them ...
Coins for the betrayer (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Mere coins for the betrayer what a terrible cost the price of his blood resting on his head Money for ...
Because He Was Faithful (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
All of his ministry his time in the land proclaiming the word of God bringing a message of love reconciling ...
Teaching what they were taught (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The judgment of the righteous there in Caiaphas' house a wonder to think about he was merely teaching what they ...
Condemning God’s Son (Raymond A. Foss Poems)
The righteous, the leaders the ones closest to God priests, scribes, Pharisees the elders of the people supposed to know ...
Choosing a Black Tie (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In getting ready for the day the worship, the sermon the message on this gray, rainy day appropriate somehow knowing ...
Standing Before the Righteous (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Standing before them God in the dock the defendant unbowed standing before the righteous In the darkness, in secret lies ...
Social and Economic Justice (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Christ in his ministry turning the world around its focus upside down The first to be last our riches in ...
Denying Him (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Fearing the guards, the judgment the authorities, in the Temple denying his shepherd, his master, the humble Messiah Accused, condemned ...
FOR THE LAST WOLVERINE (James Dickey Poem)
They will soon be down To one, but he still will be For a little while still will be stopping ...
At Corfu (Norman Dubie Poem)
In seventeen hundred, a much hated sultan visited us twice, finally dying of headaches in the south harbor. Ever since, ...
The Czar’s Last Christmas Letter: A Barn in the Urals (Norman Dubie Poems)
You were never told, Mother, how old Illyawas drunk That last holiday, for five days and nights He stumbled through ...
The Funeral (John Donne Poem)
Whoever comes to shroud me, do not harm Nor question much That subtle wreath of hair which crowns my arm; ...
Tried always and Condemned by thee (Emily Dickinson Poem)
Tried always and Condemned by thee Permit me this reprieve That dying I may earn the look For which I ...
To One denied the drink (Emily Dickinson Poem)
To One denied the drink To tell what Water is Would be acuter, would it not Than letting Him surmise? ...
This Consciousness that is aware (Emily Dickinson Poem)
This Consciousness that is aware Of Neighbors and the Sun Will be the one aware of Death And that itself ...
They put Us far apart (Emily Dickinson Poem)
They put Us far apart -- As separate as Sea And Her unsown Peninsula -- We signified "These see" -- ...
I cannot live with You — (Emily Dickinson Poem)
I cannot live with You -- It would be Life -- And Life is over there -- Behind the Shelf ...
Your Voices Joined Is All It Takes (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
They came in masted wooden ships across an unindentured sea and cast their lot in ocean swells to chance at ...
To Kathleen, after Neruda (Craig Erick Chaffin Poem)
As the salmon seeks its mother gravel through the lying ions of the sea, I seek you. Without your body ...
Mirth And Mourning (Anne Bronte Poem)
'O cast away your sorrow; -- A while, at least, be gay! If grief must come tomorrow, At least, be ...
Don’t fear death (Aleksandr Blok Poems)
Don't fear death in earthly travels. Don't fear enemies or friends. Just listen to the words of prayers, To pass ...
Parting (Charlotte Bronte Poem)
THERE'S no use in weeping, Though we are condemned to part: There's such a thing as keeping A remembrance in ...
Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
To exalt, enthrone, establish and defend, To welcome home mankind's mysterious friend Wine, true begetter of all arts that be; ...
The Giaour (Lord Byron Poem)
A Fragment of a Turkish Tale The tale which these disjointed fragments present, is founded upon circumstances now less common ...